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Crime
Teenager Wounded In Drive-By Shooting
Judge Rules There’s Enough Evidence To Charge Officers In 12-Year-Old’s Death
TAMIR RICE
Last Thursday a judge said that enough evidence exists to charge two white police officers in the fatal shooting of a 12- year-old African American boy who was holding a pellet gun. The ruling is considered sym- bolic because the judge can’t compel prosecutors to charge them.
Judge Ronald Adrine
ruled there’s probable cause to charge rookie officer Timothy Loehmann with murder, in- voluntary manslaughter, reck- less homicide or dereliction of duty in the November shooting death of Tamir Rice. He also ruled there’s evidence to charge Loehmann’s partner, Frank Garmback, with reckless homicide or dereliction of duty.
The ruling was made after ac- tivists submitted affidavits ask- ing the court to rule there’s enough evidence to charge the officers in Tamir’s death, a move that spurred protests and complaints about the treatment of Blacks by police.
The Cuyahoga County Sher- iff’s Department in Cleveland, Ohio recently completed its in- vestigation and gave its file to the county prosecutors whose staff is reviewing the case while preparing to take it to a grand jury to determine if criminal charges should be filed.
Police officials said Loeh- mann ordered Rice three times to put up his hands before he shot the boy. A former police union official said officers had no way of knowing Rice was carrying a pellet gun that looked like a real firearm.
The officers had responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting that a man was pointing and waving a gun at a playground outside a recre- ation center. The caller said the gun might not be real, but that information wasn’t relayed to the officers.
Woman Charged With Child Abuse
Tampa Police said a drive-by shooting incident left a 16- year-old girl wounded. At 10:45 p. m. Saturday, a dark colored vehicle with tinted windows pulled up to a group of youth standing on the cor- ner of 14th Street and Humphrey in Sulphur Springs.
Police said three shots were
fired into the group, wounding Jackie Parker in her lower body. Her injuries are reported to be non-life threatening, po- lice said.
Officers on patrol in the area heard the shots and arrived on the scene in minutes.
Witnesses were interviewed at the scene.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that on June 10th a 10-year-old boy was attending a Cypress Creek Elementary School summer program when Erica Berrios intentionally chased after him and put a plastic grocery bag over his head causing him to have trouble breathing for 30 seconds.
The child had to rip a hole in the bag to breathe. He fell to the ground while Berrios was still holding the bag around his neck, deputies said.
The child identified Ber- rios, his H.O.S.T. teacher, as the person who committed the offense. She apologized and said they were playing around.
Former Buccaneer, Storm Vice-President Charged With DUI
ERICA BERRIOS Berrios was charged with
child abuse and booked into jail. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Former Tampa Bay Bucca- neer linebacker Jeff Gooch, currently the Vice President of the Tampa Bay Storm, was ar- rested Sunday on a misde- meanor charge of driving under the influence.
Gooch, 40, was stopped by troopers round 2:33 a.m. On the Veterans Expressway south of Hutchison Road and refused to submit to a blood- alcohol test, deputies said.
Gooch played in the NFL for 10 years with the Bucs and the Detroit Lions. His arrest came less than a month after Storm assistant coach Chris
Man Arrested In Attempted Sexual Assaults
Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of $3,000 for information lead- ing to the location and arrest of a man wanted in a 2014 shooting.
Joshua Ellis, 20, is being sought on warrants for at- tempted murder, possession of marijuana and drug parapher- nalia.
Ellis is believed to be in the Tampa area. Police said he shot at them as they investi- gated a report of gunfire at a North Tampa apartment com- plex in May 2014. Ellis was arrested in July on an at- tempted murder charge and released on $30,000 bond.
Hillsborough County Sher- iff’s deputies arrested Ellis on drug charges in August 2014. He was released in December
JOSHUA ELLIS
on his own recognizance.
On April 2nd, a warrant was issued for Ellis after he failed
to appear for a court hearing. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at
1-800-873-8477.
JEFF GOOCH
Hovan was arrested on DUI charges. Gooch was released
on bond at 11 a. m. Sunday.
Pasco County deputies have arrested a man who is accused of trying to sexually batter two women in a nudist resort.
Michael Jermaine Brown, 22, was arrested in Zephyrhills. Deputies said last Tuesday, Brown entered the Paradise Lakes resort in Lutz by unknown means and did not register with the office as a guest, deputies said.
During his visit, Brown re- portedly came into contact with a pair of female residents at separate times and allegedly tried to sexually batter them. He ran off due to the women screaming, deputies said.
Brown was arrested and
Reward Offered In Search For Shooting Suspect
MICHAEL JERMAINE BROWN
charged with attempted sexual battery and two counts of sim- ple battery.
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